Let’s Move with the Library
Every Thursday from ***9-10am*** New Time to beat the summer heat!
Various rail trails
The Stone Ridge Library Saunterers are back in action walking various rail trails every Thursday from 9-10am. All are welcome as we talk and walk , getting in our steps and getting to know our neighbors.
Wednesday, August 14
The book for August is In Another Time by Jillian Cantor
A sweeping historical novel that spans Germany, England, and the United States and follows a young couple torn apart by circumstance leading up to World War II and the family secret that may prove to be the means for survival.
Wednesday, August 21
11am in the Activity Room
The book for August is Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Retired publisher Susan Ryeland is running a small hotel on a Greek island with her long-term boyfriend. But life isn’t as idyllic as it should be: exhausted by the responsibility of making everything work on an island where nothing ever does, Susan is beginning to miss her literary life in London – even though her publishing career once entangled her in a lethal literary murder plot.
Friday, August 16
12:15pm, Activity Room
Registration Required
The theme for August is Summer Favorites with the focus being on local produce. It’s tomato and corn season! Hooray!
The Cooks & Books group is a cookbook group. We meet the 3rd Friday of each month and take turns choosing a cookbook or theme to cook from.
Wednesday, August 28
7pm via Zoom
The book for August is The Iliad by Homer, As translated by Emily Wilson
The greatest literary landmark of classical antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time When Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017-revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that “combines intellectual authority with addictive readability” (Edith Hall, The Sunday Telegraph)-critics lauded it as “a revelation” (Susan Chira, The New York Times) and “a cultural landmark” (Charlotte Higgins, The Guardian) that would forever change how Homer is read in English.
